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The chart compares criteria for a positive test across eleven countries and laboratories, and demonstrates that the criteria for being declared HIV positive vary widely.
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Just to show how crazy antibody testing is, here is a slide showing 11 different criteria for being HIV positive using the same Western blot antibody test for proving the same virus infection. This shows that the "code" used to diagnose HIV varies depending on where you are tested. These are from many different institutions and laboratories from all around the world.
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